OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The surging Boston Bruins cooled off Ottawa and increased their lead over the Senators for the final playoff spot in the East.
Ryan Spooner scored his second and third goals of the season and Tuukka Rask celebrated his...

DETROIT When doing poorly, it helps to play the NHL's worst at winning.
The Detroit Red Wings recovered some of their moxie Monday night when they overcame a poor start to top the Oilers, 5-2 at Joe Louis Arena. Edmonton's 18 victories are the fewest...

BOSTON — Milan Lucic, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand each had a goal and an assist, helping the Boston Bruins send the Arizona Coyotes to their ninth straight loss, 4-1 on Saturday night.
Zdeno Chara added a power-play goal and an assist for the...

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In arguably their worst home performance of the season, the Blackhawks were shellacked by the Bruins 6-2 on Sunday at the United Center. Patrice Bergeron had a goal and two assists, and Dougie Hamilton and Reilly Smith each had a goal and an...

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NEW YORK — Cam Talbot made 18 saves in place of the injured Henrik Lundqvist, Rick Nash had a goal and an assist, and Derek Stepan snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to their third straight win, 3-2 over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night.
Talbot, whose previous start was a 3-0 loss at Boston on Jan. 15, got the nod after Lundqvist was forced to sit out with a neck injury caused when he was struck in the throat by a shot against Carolina on Saturday. Lundqvist is day to day....

BOSTON (AP) — Rookie David Pastrnak scored twice for the second straight game and Milan Lucic had a goal and an assist as the Boston Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 Tuesday night for their fourth straight win.
Brad Marchand also scored and Torey Krug and David Krejci had two assists each for the Bruins, who held the Lightning to 16 shots.
Pastrnak, called up from Providence of the AHL on Jan. 6, scored his first two career goals Saturday in Boston's 3-1 win at Philadelphia. Boston's...

BOSTON -- A couple of fluky goals left the Toronto Maple Leafs in danger of ending 2014 with a terrible loss.
As it turned out, the road-weary Leafs managed to end the calendar year on a high note.
"We needed it. That's for sure," Toronto coach Randy Carlyle said after his team captured a 4-3 shootout decision over the Boston Bruins for only their second win in seven games. "The one thing that we've tried to preach to our group is that there has to be a stop sign in what was happening.
"We were playing...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Patrice Bergeron scored twice, including a deflection past Pittsburgh's Marc-Andre Fleury 2:43 into overtime to lift the Boston Bruins to a 3-2 victory over the Penguins on Wednesday night.
Bergeron got just enough of Milan Lucic's blast from the point to put it past Fleury as the Bruins ended a three-game losing streak. Officials spent several minutes reviewing the play to make sure Bergeron's stick was below the crossbar when it made contact with the puck.
Zdeno Chara...

BOSTON — Milan Lucic scored two goals and Niklas Svedberg earned his second NHL shutout behind three periods of stifling Boston defense as the Bruins beat the New Jersey Devils 3-0 on Thursday night.
Svedberg faced only 14 shots. Boston held New Jersey to three shots in the opening period and four in the second, three coming on a late power play that did nothing to spark the Devils.
David Krejci and Torey Krug assisted on Lucic's power-play goal with 1:10 left in the first, and Carl Soderberg...

BOSTON -- Just when their slide looked like it was going to continue, the Boston Bruins pulled out a dramatic win over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday night.
Defenseman Dougie Hamilton, who also had an assist in the game, forced overtime with a goal with 1:31 remaining in regulation and right winger Loui Eriksson scored with 2:46 left in overtime, giving the Bruins a 4-3 victory and sending the Sabres to their third straight loss after four wins in a row.
Erickson took a pass from left winger Milan Lucic,...